"A Book of Homilies was printed, in which the Gospels and Epistles of all the Sundays and Holidays of the year were set down with a _Homily to every one of these_. To these were also added Sermons upon several occasions, as for _Weddings_, _Christenings_, and _Funerals_." Can any learned clerk inform me where a copy of such Homilies can be seen? B. _Collar of SS_.--Where can we find _much_ about the SS. collar? Is there any list extant of persons who were honoured with that badge? B. _Rainbow_.--By what heathen poet is the _rainbow_ spoken of as "risus plorantis Olympi?" J. SAMSON. _Passage in Lucan_.--What parallel passages are there to that of _Lucan_:-- "Communis mundo superest rogus, ossibus astra Misturus?" J. SAMSON. _William of Wykeham_.--Is there any better Life of William of Wykeham than the very insufficient one of Bishop Lowth? What were the circumstances of the rise of William of Wykeham, respecting which Lowth is so very scanty and unsatisfactory? Where did William of Wykeham get the wealth with which he built and endowed New College, Oxon, and St. Mary's, Winchester; and rebuilt Winchester Cathedral? What are the present incomes of New College, and St Mary's, Winchester? Is there a copy of the Statutes of these colleges in the British Museum, or in any other public library? W.H.C. April 22, 1850. _Richard Baxter's Descendants_.--Can any of your correspondents inform me of the whereabouts of the descendants of the celebrated Richard Baxter? He was a Northamptonshire man, but I think his family removed into some county in the west. W.H.B. _Passage in St. Peter_.--Besides the well-known passage in the _Tempest_, what _Christian_ writers have used any kindred expression to 2 Pet. iii. 10.? J. SANSOM. 8. Park Place, Oxford, June 1. 1850. _Juice-cups_.--Is it beneath the dignity of "NOTES AND QUERIES" to admit an inquiry respecting the philosophy and real effect of placing an inverted cup in a fruit pie? The question is not about the _object_, but whether that object is, or can be, effected by the means employed. N.B. Derivation of "Yote" or "Yeot."--What is the derivation of the word "yote" or "yeot," a term used in Glocestershire and Somersetshire, for "leading in" iron work to stone? B. _Pedigree of Greene Family_.--At Vol. i., p. 200., reference is made to "a fine Pedigree on vellum, of the Greene family, penes T. Wotton, Esq." Can any person inform me who now possesses the said pedigree, or is there a copy of it which may be consulted? One John Greene, of Enfield, was clerk to the New River Company: he died 1705, and was buried at Enfield. He married Elizabeth Myddelton, grand-daughter of Sir Hugh. I wish to find out the birth and parentage of the said John Greene and shall be _thankful_, if I may say so much, without adding too much to the length of my Query. H.T.E.